Unit 1 Flashcards
Intro to HUG
Site
physical characteristics of a place
Situation
characteristics of a place in relation to other places
Topynym
Name of a place
Location
Position on Earth
Place
specific point on Earth
Region
area of Earth defined by characteristics
Space
physical gap between 2 objects
Connection
relationships among people/ objects across space
cartography
science of mapmaking
GPS
system that determines absolute location
GIS
captures objects and displays their geographic info
GIScience
analysis of data via satallite
Map scale
relationship between size on paper vs size in real life
projection
scientific method of transferring location onto map
cultural landscape
region is defined by culture (eg. language and religion), economic (eg. economy and agriculture) and physical features (climate and vegetation)
formal/uniform region
area where everyone shares one or more things in common
functional/ nodal region
area organized around a node (specific focal point)
vernacular region/ perceptual region
area people believe exists in their cultural identity
spatial association
occurs in region where 2 features have similar distribution
globalization
process that involves the whole world and makes something for the world
transnational corporation
buys/ sells things in many countries, not one
distribution
arrangement of feature in space
density
frequency which something occurs in space
pattern
geometric arrangement of objects in space
post structuralist geo
powerful people rule the poor
humanistic geo
emphasizes how people infuse objects and places with culture meaning
behavioral geo
emphasizes importance of understanding bias of some people in space
assimilation
groups cultural features are altered to match another group
acculturation
changes in culture that result from 2 groups meeting
syncretism
combo of elements of two groups into one new feature
expansion diffusion
spread of one feature to another
hierarchical diffusion
spread of an idea by persons or nodes OF AUTHORITY
contagious diffusion
rapid, widespread diffusion of a given trait through society
stimulus diffusion
spread of a rule even though a characteristic may not spread
distance decay
interaction decreases as the distance increases
space-time compression
reduction in time it takes for one thing to reach another place
environmental determinism
argues that general laws sought by human geographers found in physical science; geography is how the environment caused human activities
possibilism
environmental issues were caused due to human activities
